Investor Relations

Yi Ma

(CEO and Chairman of the Board)

Mr. Yi Ma has served as the chairman of our board of directors and our chief executive officer since January 2024. Mr. Ma has served as the Company’s president and director since December 2022 and the chief executive officer at BaiJiaYun Group Co., Ltd. since December 2018. From September 2009 to December 2018, Mr. Ma served as the chief technology officer at Beijing Sohu Internet Information Service Co., Ltd. (NYSE: SOHU). He also served as an R&D engineer of Kuliu (Beijing) Information Technology Co., Ltd., responsible for product research and development from July 2007 to August 2009. Prior to that, Mr. Ma served as a senior engineer of Beijing Sohu Internet Information Service Co., Ltd. (NYSE: SOHU) from July 2004 to July 2007, responsible for product design and development. In addition, Mr. Ma served as an engineer of Beijing Ccidnet Information Technology Co., Ltd. from July 2001 to June 2004. Mr. Ma also worked in Beijing No. 131 Middle School as a math teacher from August 1999 to June 2001. He received a bachelor’s degree in material science from China University of Geoscience in 1999 and an EMBA degree from Tsinghua University in 2018.

Chun Liu

(Independent Director)

Mr. Chun Liu has served as the Company’s independent director since December 2022. He has also served as an independent non-executive director of DL Holding Group Limited, a company listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Stock Limited (Stock Code: 1709) since April 2020. Mr. Liu also currently serves, and has served, as the senior vice president of Phoenix New Media Ltd, a company listed by way of American depositary shares on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: FENG) since 2018. In addition, Mr. Liu served as a director and the chief cultural officer of Zhongnanhong Cultural Group Co., Ltd., a company listed on the SME board of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (002445.SZ), and the president of its subsidiary, Jiangsu Zhongnan Film Co., Ltd., from 2015 to 2018. Mr. Liu has served as an independent director of Vipshop Holding Limited, a company listed by way of American depositary shares on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: VIPS) since 2013. Prior to that, he was a vice president of Sohu.com Limited, a company listed by way of American depositary shares on the Nasdaq Stock Market (Nasdaq: SOHU) from 2011 to 2013. From 2000 to 2011, Mr. Liu worked at Phoenix Satellite Television Holdings Ltd, with his last position being the executive director of Phoenix Chinese TV. Mr. Liu also served as an executive producer of China Central Television from 1994 to 2000. He received a bachelor’s degree in Chinese from the Anhui Normal University in 1987 and a master’s degree in television media from the Communication University of China in 1994, as well as an EMBA degree from Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business in 2009.

Erlu Lin

(Independent Director)

Mr. Erlu Lin has served as our independent director since December 2022. He currently serves as a managing partner of Decent Capital, leading the management and investment business of the fund platform with a management scale around RMB 3 billion. Prior to Decent Capital, Mr. Lin was the vice president and director of Lalami Information Technology Company from August 2020 to March 2021, a Chinese beauty e-commerce company, where he led its initial public offering project. From 2014 to 2020, Mr. Lin served as a director of Forebright Capital (formerly the direct investment department of Everbright Holdings (0165.HK)), where his investment areas focused on technology and finance, and he invested in several post-IPO projects. In addition, Mr. Lin served as an investment manager at Far East Horizon (3360.HK) for equity and bond investment work. Mr. Lin also worked as an investment analyst at Ernst & Young and D. E. Shaw Group from 2009 to 2011. Mr. Lin obtained a bachelor's degree in statistics from Sun Yat-sen University in 2006 and a master's degree in actuarial science from Hong Kong University in 2008, as well as an EMBA degree from China Europe International Business School in 2019.

Qiong Ni

(Director)

Ms. Qiong Ni has served as our director since January 2024. Ms. Ni has shown tremendous support for the establishment of Baijiayun Group Ltd. during its inception, collaborating closely with the founding team to lay the groundwork for the company's overall strategic direction. Throughout Baijiayun's development, Ms. Ni Qiong has made significant contributions to the company's growth and has played a pivotal role in ensuring its sustainable management and organizational stability. Currently, Ms. Ni Qiong holds multiple positions as legal representative/senior executive in several companies, including the General Manager of Jiajia Holding Group and the Managing Partner of Jiashilian Private Equity Funds.

Xin Zhang

(Director)

Ms. Xin Zhang has served as our director since January 2024. Ms. Zhang joined Baijiayun in July 2017 and has served as the secretary of the Board since January 2020. She is responsible for organizing and coordinating the Company’s information disclosure, strengthening communications and coordination with the capital markets, and formulating affairs management policies. Before joining Baijiayun, Ms. Zhang worked at the human resources department of Gaotu Techedu Inc. (NYSE: GOTU, formerly known as GSX Techedu Inc.) from September 2014 to May 2017, and served as the assistant to chief technology officer of Baidu Inc. (HKEx: 9888) from July 2011 to August 2014. Ms. Zhang received her bachelor’s degree in network engineering from Dalian Minzu University in June 2011.